Category Archives: Ancient sites

Going West… On the Road

June 2016… a journey into the ancient and sacred places of Wales… We were heading into the west… over the border. Our destination? Friday. Other than that and the hotel we’d booked for the night, we had few plans. For … Continue reading

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Kirkoswald…

* … “That’s the church we nearly used in December for ‘Full Circle’. It was on the back up list in case it rained heavily.” * “I thought the name sounded familiar. I didn’t realise we were so far down … Continue reading

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Out of Time – a Human Story

We were, had the world not closed ranks against the pandemic, supposed to have been running a workshop at Avebury this summer, looking at some of the less obvious sites and addressing some of the deeper questions posed by the … Continue reading

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Too tired to think…

* …Four hours later, the rain stopped and we re-hit the road. * The deflating tyre which had plagued us again and again the whole trip was worsening and meant it was too risky to use any motorways. * But … Continue reading

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Forgetting Ayr…

*  We drove until we lost the light… * We drove on as the rain poured down… * But after almost driving into Loch Lomond twice… Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Getting to Ayr…

* …We had counted on leaving the ferry by six, and being off the Isle of Skye, by seven. * We were late off the ferry and did not cross back onto the mainland until eight. * Besides which, having … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Utterly Unacceptable…

Dear Wen… It occurs to me that the term ‘Hollow Hills’ may not be a landscape but rather a mind-scape description… ‘…The landscape of Cavan is dotted with drumlin hills but there are also many lakes and the drumlins form … Continue reading

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Dreaming Stones: Hitting the Wall…

After the odd meeting with the woman at the pub, we now felt we had to visit Hadrian’s Wall. It had been on my mind for a while, for some reason, and had cropped up a lot in strange places … Continue reading

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Dear Don: Utterly Unacceptable…

Dear Don, Ah yes… Columcille…. it all clicks back into place now… My mind seemed stuck on Aidan… I am not surprised you are happy about the Minahane being revisited. There was so much more in there at second reading … Continue reading

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Stone-Circle ‘Gold’…

* Back on the ferry and we are assessing the worthiness or otherwise of our ‘madness’… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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